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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between April and June 2016. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2016 was provided to the media in September 2015. No change has been made to the original schedule.
April 2016
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Date Press Release
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19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for January - March 2016
19 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for February 2016
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2016
22 Business expectations for second quarter
2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
March 2016
May 2016
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Date Press Release
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5 Retail sales statistics for March 2016
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases
statistics for first quarter 2016
12 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for March 2016
13 Gross Domestic Product for first quarter
2016: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the first
quarter of 2016 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2016" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for February - April 2016
23 Consumer Price Index for April 2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
April 2016
31 Retail sales statistics for April 2016
June 2016
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and
containers for first quarter 2016
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
service industries for first quarter 2016
10 Construction output statistics for first
quarter 2016
14 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Index for the industrial sector for
first quarter 2016
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for March - May 2016
16 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for first quarter 2016
16 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for April 2016
17 Statistics on trade involving outward
processing in the mainland of China for
first quarter 2016
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic
Product by economic activity for first
quarter 2016
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for
March 2016
21 Consumer Price Index for May 2016
23 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position statistics for first
quarter 2016
24 Wage and payroll statistics for March 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for
May 2016
30 Retail sales statistics for May 2016
Note: The Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the First Quarter Economic Report 2016 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2016 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Thursday, March 31, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
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